How do I delete a folder which is nested quite deep and avoid "File name too long"?

If you are like me and don't like to install additional software to fix a problem like this, I'd go with XQYZ's suggestion and use to solve the problem. (In my case the problem was created by robocopy in the first place, by copying a directory which had recursive junction points in it without supplying /XJ to robocopy). To delete the directory tree starting at c:\subdir\more\offending_dir: The total step-by-step-process is as simple as this: to cd into its parent directory. to create an empty d…